【跟着英剧练发音】A History Of Britain - 18B

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Realising this, the Archbishop of Canterbury attempted to conciliate between the warring factions¹, offering Llewellyn land and title in England if he would renounce² his rights in Wales. And the answer to this offer was blunt. That they must stand by their laws and rights in defence of all Wales. The people preferred to die rather than to live under English rule. They would not do homage³ to any stranger of whose language, manners and laws they were entirely⁴. They would fight in defence of "nostra natsu" - our nation against the English.When the war was renewed, it was with fresh and unsparing savagery⁵. No quarter was given by either side. The Welsh exploited their land, ambushed⁶ slow-movingcompanies of knights⁷, and then disappeared off again into the hills and forests.

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有此预见，坎特伯雷大主教试图为交战双方斡旋调停。如果卢埃林愿意放弃在威尔士的控制权，英格兰将赐予其封地和爵位。威尔士给出了强硬的答复，他们决意坚守自己的法律，誓死捍卫威尔士人民的权利。威尔士人民宁愿战死，也不愿屈服于英格兰的淫威。他们不会屈从于任何语言，礼仪，法律迥异的外族人，他们誓死捍卫自己的民族，与英格兰人决一死战。当战火被重新点燃，这场战争变得异常血腥和野蛮，交战双方已没有半分怜悯之心。威尔士人占据地利，伏击行动迟缓的骑兵队伍，然后遁形于山野丛林之间。

1 factions   

组织中的小派别，派系( faction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The gens also lives on in the "factions." 氏族此外还继续存在于“factions〔“帮”〕中。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
• rival factions within the administration 政府中的对立派别

2 renounce   

v.放弃；拒绝承认，宣布与…断绝关系

参考例句：

• She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
• It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。

3 homage   

n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬

参考例句：

• We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
• The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。

4 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

5 savagery   

n.野性

参考例句：

• The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.警察对这些惨无人道的袭击感到震惊。
• They threw away their advantage by their savagery to the black population.他们因为野蛮对待黑人居民而丧失了自己的有利地位。

6 ambushed   

v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 )；埋伏着

参考例句：

• The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The military vehicles were ambushed. 军车遭到伏击。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 knights   

骑士； （中古时代的）武士( knight的名词复数 )； 骑士； 爵士； （国际象棋中）马

参考例句：

• stories of knights and fair maidens 关于骑士和美女的故事
• He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour. 他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事。